Civil service needs to be dynamic if it were to achieve excellence

Besides the increase in the degree of customer expectation and sophistication, the civil service is not exempted from being relevant and exposed to the rapid progress of information and communication technology.  Prior to that, civil service should act in accordance to the current changes and progress.  This was stated by the Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office at the opening of Second Symposium on Alignment in Civil Service, Wednesday.

Dato Paduka Haji Eusoff Agaki also said, in this matter, civil service in the country should be dynamic if it intends to achieve excellence besides being able to create a positive step as to achieve any benefit that has been carried or created by the current progress and time changes.  The dynamism of the civil service certainly does not depend solely on the policy and solid regulations, nor on the system, process and work procedure, but also depends very much on conducive work culture and ethics as well as the work quality of all levels of the government officers and staff.

The alignment programme which was first introduced in Brunei Darussalam's civil service in January 2003 is one of the government's initiatives towards enhancing the quality and effectiveness of the civil service.  The main aim of the programme is to assist every government agency to ensure that every project or activity conducted at every ministry is in line with the National Development Plan as well as the civil service's vision in the 21st Century. 

The ceremony also coincided with the launching of a DVD on the 21st Century Civil Service Vision.  The initiation of the alignment programme is to know how far the programme is being implementing at all ministries.  The first symposium was held in October 2003, where every government ministry had shared information on strategic planning and projects to be implemented at the respective ministry.  This second symposium aims to know the upgrading level of strategic alliances among government ministries.  The symposium will be held for two days at the International Convention Centre in Berakas.  The participants of the symposium comprise Permanent Secretaries, Deputy Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Department as well as senior government officers.  The symposium is fully-sponsored by Syabas Technologies